RIO DE JANEIRO, April 5 (Reuters) - A fire at a fuel storage
facility near Brazil's largest port Santos entered its fourth
day on Sunday as 110 firefighters worked to stop the flames from
spreading further, the local fire department said.

Six fuel tanks run by Ultracargo, owned by Brazil's Grupo
Ultra, were hit since the blaze started on Thursday
morning, sending a column of thick black smoke into the air. Two
of them were still burning late on Sunday, the fire department
and Ultracargo said.

Firefighters said there was little they could do to
extinguish the flames before most of the fuel was consumed.
Instead, they were focusing on dousing nearby tanks to keep the
fire from spreading.

Traffic was diverted around the site of the blaze, blocking
one of the roads to the port.

Trucks carrying soybeans and other commodities were still
able to deliver their goods via a second entrance, a spokeswoman
for the Santos port said. She added that only two of the port's
docks were out of service due to the fire, while the other 53
were operating normally.
(Reporting by Walter Brandimarte)